Quotes on Motivational Basketball

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

The will must be stronger than the skill.

Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

If you are honest with yourself and can look into a mirror and believe that you have given 100 percent, you should feel proud. If you cannot, then there is more work to be done.

Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.

Teams that play together beat those with superior players who play more as individuals.

The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.